[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pric/is_200112/ai_1535201257/ Children's Literature in a Time of National Tragedy], ERIC Educational Reports, by Mei-Yu Lu.

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[http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/time.htm Children's Literature in a Time of National Tragedy], ERIC Educational Reports, by Mei-Yu Lu.

[http://www.nfbpt.com/ National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy]. The Federation sets standards of excellence in the training and credentialing of practitioners in the field of biblio/poetry therapy and maintains a list of credentialed practitioners.

[http://www.nfbpt.com/ National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy]. The Federation sets standards of excellence in the training and credentialing of practitioners in the field of biblio/poetry therapy and maintains a list of credentialed practitioners.

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The use of books selected on the basis of content in a planned reading program designed to facilitate the recovery of patients suffering from mental illness or emotional disturbance. Ideally, the process occurs in three phases: personal identification of the reader with a particular character in the recommended work, resulting in psychological catharsis, which leads to rational insight concerning the relevance of the solution suggested in the text to the reader's own experience. Assistance of a trained psychotherapist is advised." --bibliotherapy in ODLIS, Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

In 1966, the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries, a division of the American Library Association issued a statement on nomenclature accepting the following definition:

Bibliotherapy: The use of selected reading materials as therapeutic adjuvants in medicine and psychiatry; also guidance in the solution of personal problems through directed reading. (AHIL Quarterly, Summer 1966, p. 18.)

The duality of a guided therapy by a medical or psychiatric professional vs. directing the reader to a selection of books on an issue continues. The resources offered on this page address the directed reading aspect of bibliotherapy, which may distinguished from the more general readers' advisory by the presence of the "problem" to be resolved through reading.

National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy. The Federation sets standards of excellence in the training and credentialing of practitioners in the field of biblio/poetry therapy and maintains a list of credentialed practitioners.

Rubin, Rhea J. Using Bibliotherapy: A Guide to Theory and Practice. Phoenix: Oryx, 1978. Includes some history on the focus on bibliotherapy by the ALA, through the Hospital Division, now part of ASCLA.

Sample Resources

Dealing with the Tragic Events of September 11, 2001 - Resources that were compiled to aid parents, teachers and caregivers in discussing with children and teens the terrorist attacks that took place in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.